Event #71's $2M Guarantee: Overlay or Crush?

Event #71's $1,600 Mystery Bounty needs roughly 1,400 entries to hit its $2M guarantee, and the field-building flight kicks off at 11:00 a.m. PT on July 5.

That $2M number makes this the largest guaranteed bounty event of the WSOP summer outside the Main Event itself. The $1,600 buy-in ($1,430 after rake) means the prize pool needs approximately 1,399 entries across all flights to clear the guarantee. Day 1A already fired — Day 1B is where the real volume shows up.

The $1,430-after-rake buy-in means the prize pool needs approximately 1,399 entries across all flights to clear $2M.

The Math Worth Watching

Mystery Bounty formats have been WSOP attendance magnets for three summers running. The format — where a portion of each buy-in seeds a random-draw bounty pool with envelopes ranging from modest to six figures — pulls recreational players who wouldn't touch a standard $1,600 freeze-out.

But $2M is a big number at this price point. If Day 1A underperformed, Day 1B needs to do heavy lifting. If Day 1A crushed, the guarantee is already academic and the overlay question flips to "how fat does this prize pool get?"

What to Watch on Stream

The PokerGO stream for Day 1B should pick up the field-size graphics early. Track the entry counter against that 1,399 threshold. Every registration update shifts the math — and with late registration open deep into the flight, the final number won't lock until hours after cards are in the air.

The stream window for Day 1B opens at 11:00 a.m. PT on July 5 and runs through the end of late registration.